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Noosa Plasterers held their staff Christmas outing on Cougar Too on Friday, treating their work crew to a full day at Chardon's Reef where, as you can see by the photos above, they did well on the reefies. 'Skip' (top photo) came up with the standout of the trip when he boated the 6kg+ Scarlet Sea Perch he's posing with while Luke and Mick did well on the Maori Cod and Pearl Perch. Closer in at Sunshine Reef the bonus species were Sweetlip and Mowong.

ONSHORE: Conditions on the coastal surf beaches improved during the second half of the week as the winds dropped although most reports of any note were of quality Whiting at Sunshine Beach and school Jewfish at South Peregian.

The river was very quiet (for a change) with the blustery south easterlies making the exposed areas rather unpleasant earlier in the week. As conditions improved towards the weekend, however, there was a bit more activity both of the human and fishy kind. The Woods Bays fired up over the last couple of days of the week with quality Tailor (2kg+ est.) responding well to surface poppers at dawn and dusk. 'The Bays' also produced the odd Flathead while further upriver at Harbourtown, Mangrove Jacks were hammering the Garfish schools and taking soft plastics that resembled that species. Last but not least, Bream and Queenfish were active in Noosa Waters with the bridge areas working best.

Oh, and if you haven't already checked it out, the latest Noosa River Bar crossing photo was posted last Wednesday.